<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;vertical-align:baseline">Dear All,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit">I wanted to share with you information about the upcoming IBPSA-Houston conference.  IBPSA-Houston's 6th Performance Huddle conference is happening on Oct. 21 and is fully online, This year, the conference is featuring a 2-hour </span><a href="https://www.cove.tools/" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.cove.tools/" target="_blank" style="font:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue">covetool</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit"> workshop that will go over designing day-lit, glare Free, energy-efficient buildings on budget using Covetool. </span><br></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br aria-hidden="true"></span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0px;padding:0in;vertical-align:baseline">Also, the conference features two keynote speakers, </span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAADiGFEBVHW8SYgzpykLm-SPPqTNlf6i93I" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0in;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Alejandra Menchaca</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0in;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> from Thornton Tomasetti<span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> and </span></span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAMHlLcBDYPlGfzca19Tz3eoukI5voKTMko" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0in;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Nathaniel Jones</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0in;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> from Arup who will be giving presentations on "Natural Ventilation in Post-Pandemic Times" and "Equity and Thermal Comfort" respectively.</span> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="border:0px;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